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Hardback. Hochfelder thus supplies us with an introduction to the early stirrings of the information age. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; TBX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407470
- ISBN
- 9781421407470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 54.92
€ 59.41
€ 54.92
Paperback. New paperback edition of the major study of the greatest British naval achievement of the war Num Pages: 480 pages, 200 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526702838
- ISBN
- 9781526702838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created. This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 photographs, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; KNGV; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226487
- ISBN
- 9780803226487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. 'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. This title gives a history of the country and its conflicts, culminating with the war in Gaza and its fallout in Lebanon. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571237425
- ISBN
- 9780571237425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Narrates the history of the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine since the 1880s, from the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers. This updated edition of Hirst's classic work explains why the history of Palestine is still relevant to what is happening in the region now. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 214 x 46. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571219452
- ISBN
- 9780571219452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.45
€ 26.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415462815
- ISBN
- 9780415462815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619024434
- ISBN
- 9781619024434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.52
€ 16.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Coronations are very public occasions, typically seen as meticulously planned formal ceremonies where everything runs smoothly. But behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey lie extraordinary but true stories of mayhem, confusion and merriment. This book presents thousand years of England's history and reveals the character of its kings and queens. Num Pages: 276 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451985
- ISBN
- 9780752451985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Who invented the 'House of Windsor' as a royal name? Who founded Westminster Abbey? Which king had twenty-one illegitimate children? This book describes the most memorable features of the life and times of each king or queen - from Egbert, crowned in 802 and considered the first king of England, to Queen Elizabeth II. Num Pages: 250 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750935531
- ISBN
- 9780750935531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 B&W Pics. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBT; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834354
- ISBN
- 9781473834354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898143
- ISBN
- 9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.75
€ 41.99
€ 34.75
Paperback. The Black Death is considered by many to be the great watershed in medieval history, as it ravaged a continent, killed millions and decimated economies. The author sees in this catastrophe the birth of technologically advanced societies, struggling to create labour-saving devices. Editor(s): Cohn Jr., Samuel K. Series: European history series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; MBN; MBX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674076136
- ISBN
- 9780674076136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.92
€ 31.99
€ 26.92
Paperback. The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again. By December rock had exploded into the mainstream. How did it happen? This book tells you how. It is the story of 1971, rock's golden year. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; HBG; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784162061
- ISBN
- 9781784162061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20
hardcover. This is a study of the changing relationship between two of the most important political figures of the first decades of the twentieth century. The author contrasts their backgrounds and training, their mind-sets, and their understanding of the power of the president to understand how they came to a parting of the ways. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472912
- ISBN
- 9781611472912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95
€ 108.95
Hardback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231107440
- ISBN
- 9780231107440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 83.75
€ 109.32
€ 83.75
Paperback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107457
- ISBN
- 9780231107457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. This book explores the role of sound, noise and listening in 100,000 years of human history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 402
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781250907
- ISBN
- 9781781250907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415514880
- ISBN
- 9780415514880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812981599
- ISBN
- 9780812981599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.61
€ 21.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Since late 2001 more than fifty percent of the babies born in California have been Latino. When these babies reach adulthood, they will, by sheer force of numbers, influence the course of the Golden State. This study suggests that the future of Latinos in California will be neither complete assimilation nor unyielding separatism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 35 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL4; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292536
- ISBN
- 9780520292536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 22.51
€ 36.99
€ 22.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932813022
- ISBN
- 9780932813022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.85
€ 24.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843545910
- ISBN
- 9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.56
€ 15.99
€ 11.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448270
- ISBN
- 9780801448270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
paperback. Provides an account of the 'Spirit' and 'Opportunity' Mars Exploration Rover missions. This title relates how NASA/ESA have sought evidence of life on Mars, with the prevailing mood sometimes being optimistic and sometimes pessimistic. It details an account of the rationale for the tests for life carried out by the Viking missions in 1976. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 258 pages, 162 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBT; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387260204
- ISBN
- 9780387260204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.29
€ 35.99
€ 31.29